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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Pages
416
Published
2017
Language
English

Synopsis

In Victorian London, Mary Jekyll — daughter of a man whose name is forever entwined with a dark scientific secret — joins forces with other women from literary history to uncover truths buried beneath the city's shadows. Told through interwoven first-person accounts and framed by Catherine Moreau's journal, this gothic mystery weaves together characters drawn from Stevenson, Shelley, Wells, Stoker, and others as they confront their own pasts while solving a series of murders linked to Mary's father.

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About the author

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Theodora Goss

Theodora Goss is a Hungarian-American writer of fantasy fiction and poetry who draws heavily on folklore and fairy tales. Born in Budapest in 1968, she holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a Ph.D. in English from Boston University. Her Extraordinary Adventures of the Athena Club series began with The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter, and her short fiction has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards.

Characters

Mary JekyllProtagonist
Catherine MoreauSupporting
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